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US 2014/0109804 A1Published application
Thermal Insulation Assembly
AssigneeGrafTech International Holdings Inc.
InventorsRyan Christopher Elliott, Prashanth Subramanian
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Abstract
A furnace insulation assembly includes a main body having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The main body includes a pair of side walls. A pair of end plates are secured to opposed ends of the main body. The end plates and the main body form an interior chamber. The end plates and side walls are made of a thermal insulation material formed from carbon fibers, said carbon fibers in each end plate and side wall are oriented against-grain direction points inwardly toward the interior chamber.
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A furnace insulation assembly comprising:
- a main body having a generally U-shaped cross-section, said main body including a pair of opposed and spaced side walls;
- a pair of end plates secured to opposed ends of the main body, said end plates and said main body forming an interior chamber;
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- wherein said end plates and said side walls are made of a thermal insulation material formed from carbon fibers, said carbon fibers in each said end plate and said side walls being substantially oriented parallel to a with-grain plane and perpendicular to an against-grain direction, said against-grain direction of said end plates and said sides wall pointing inwardly toward said interior chamber.
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